The subjects of these videos generally serve to illuminate or educate about something health-related, technological, rooted in a scientific query, or otherwise informative of phenomena
What began as the brainchild of Ingrid Daubechies, a renowned mathematician, evolved into a massive project involving more than two dozen artists, scholars, and mathematicians. The physical project is currently being transferred from loan to loan, internationally, and informs audiences of all stripes about the vagaries and delights of mathematics. The whimsical (and serious) project is chronicled in this (relatively short) documentary video.
The 2024 Millennium Technology Prize, sponsored by the Technology Academy of Finland, was awarded to Bantval Jayant Baliga, a professor at NC State University, for his invention of the IGBT. This video explains and showcases the device and the impact Baliga’s work has had on global electronics and in reducing CO2 emissions worldwide.
